As reports of a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are circulating, it is time to remind the U.S. president of his words in Beijing about three months ago.
On the evening of Nov. 11, President Xi Jinping and the visiting U.S. president discussed building a new China-U.S. relationship at Yingtai in the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in downtown Beijing.
The discussions should not be forgotten, accidentally or intentionally. Nor should the U.S leader's words the following day be forgotten.
Then, in another meeting with Obama, Xi outlined six priorities in building a new type of major-country relationship, one of which goes that it is inevitable to have differences http://www.voetbalshirtbelgiewk.be/laurent-ciman-shirt-kopen.html , but the two sides should always resort to dialogue and not act against each other's core interests.
The U.S. president stressed that the United States acknowledges Tibet as part of the People's Republic of China and does not back independence for the region.
Issues regarding Tibet concern China's core interests and national sentiments.
Obama had met the Dalai Lama, a political exile who has long engaged in anti-China secessionist activities in the name of religion, three times before the discussions in the Zhongnanhai compound.
Despite the Dalai Lama's preaching of peace, tolerance and benevolence, his main political objective has always been to pursue Tibet independence.